Faucet.



.A. B; RONEY. -I'AUom APPLICATION FILBD'JAN. 7, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 191.2.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l 1,014,179. Specification f Letters Patent Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Application filed January 7, 1911. Serial No. 601,316.

ing a portion of valve stem 13, is oset from a straight line so as to engage the rock shaft pivotally which when moved movesA the 45 valve on and off its seat in a straight line, and I have found it good practice to provide a stop 21, in the casing for limiting the handle throw to maintain its proper po- To all whom "it may concern: s Be it known that I, ALEXANDER B. RONEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Faucets of the Class Adapted to Qiose with the Pressure, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention has for its objects a faucet provided with an operating handle that is handy, this I attain by substituting for the turnipg handle in the old Fuller faucet a push and pull type and substituting for the l `'single bearing crank spindle a double bear- 15,/ ing rock shaft which makes a stronger backing for the valve stem, and renders the faucet more easily operative under high pressures the definition of which is exemplified in the accompanying drawings and specifications.

Figure 1, is an outline view. Fig. 2, is a part longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a cross section as per dotted lines of Fig. .2.

The faucet mounts an operative push and pull handle as outlined in Fig. 1, and deing two side members, each having a hub d in Figs. 2 and 3. The handle com-. portion with an annular shoulder on one prises the side members 22 and 22 fastened side, the hub portion pivotally mounted to 70 y together at the top by cross tie 2O and prothe respective sides of the casing, a rocky vided with hub parts 23, 23 having annular shaft extending through the casing and hav- Y A, shoulder parts 24, 24, by means of which ing its ends supported in said hub portions they are externally pivoted to opposite sides and provided with adjustment means binding on said members, a valve stem in the 75 L of the casing 26, and adjusted thereto by rock shaft 28, whichextends through the water way of the casing pivoted to said casing and is positioned therein eccentric to rock shaft, a valve carried by said stem the axis of the hub portions of the handle adapted to close with the pressure, and a members and which is shaped like a common stop for limiting the movement of the valve threaded cap head bolt with the cap end toward its seat as described.4 binding against one member and the ALEXANDER B. RONEY.

40 threaded end screwed through the opposite W'itnesses:

member and the adjustment thus obtained CHAREES II. PIERCE,

is secured by lock nut 27. Within the cas- GEORGE W. BRoAs.

ing squeezed too much.

In Fig, 2 it will be observed that the eccentric position of the rock shaft lies within the circumference of the annular hubs carried by the handle members, and when the handle is moved to open the faucet the rock shaft stays in the position put and the water pressure no matter how strong cannot turn it back and that is why. the force of the water pressure is not felt on the operating handle when moved making it easy to push and pull.

Having disclosed my invention what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 65 In a faucet of the class described, a casing, an operating handle thereon compris- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

sition and protect the rubber valve from be- 50 

